Accreditation renewal marks 35-year milestone for ICCI
Students and faculty at the International College of the Cayman Islands celebrated what will become a 35-year milestone of U.S. accreditation with its renewal notice by an independent council this month. Based in Washington D.C., the renewal by the Accrediting…
Citizen Security In Focus at CDB Annual Meeting
Crime and violence is a developmental issue which the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has identified as an important area of focus over the next strategic plan period 2012-2014. That’s why a panel discussion on Improving Citizen Security in the Region…
Red Bay Primary wins big at Batabano Junior Carnival
Although it was a big disappointment for the children two weeks ago when the Junior Carnival Batabano had to be postponed because of the rain, it was well worth the wait. Last Saturday (12) the event was restaged in glorious…
Bessie Ebanks Update: Road closures and funeral arrangements
It is with much sadness and a terrible shock to announce the death today (13) of West Bay resident and Caymanian Bessie Ebanks. Mrs. Ebanks is survived by her husband, Benson Ebanks, former MLA and Cabinet minister. Bessie was much…
Hudson family slayings suspect convicted of murder
(AP) — A Chicago jury on Friday convicted Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson’s former brother-in-law of murdering her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew in what prosecutors’ described as an act of vengeance by a jilted husband. Hudson, who expressed her undisguised disdain…
Shoe-thrower interrupts Breivik trial
(AP) — An Iraqi man whose brother was killed in Norway’s worst peacetime massacre hurled a shoe at the confessed killer and urged him to “go to hell” in a rare outburst Friday that briefly interrupted the terror trial of…
Greek euro exit no longer unthinkable
(AP) — Let Greece go: It’s a possibility that’s being considered more and more publicly in Europe. There have been two and a half years of bailouts, on top of broken promises by Greece to reform. The result: a fifth…
Offshoring jumps as cash-strapped companies step up outsourcing
The global economic crisis is sparking a boom in IT offshoring as India’s major IT suppliers grew four times faster than their competitors in 2011. India’s largest IT suppliers grew four times faster than their international competitors in 2011, as…
More support for Healthy Nation 2012
Healthy Nation 2012, the country’s first health risk factor survey, has received more support from the private sector with BAF Insurance Cayman joining as a sponsor. The health risk factor survey is part of the Ministry of Health’s drive to…
Coffee and Cancer
By Dr. Michael Greger MD* Last month in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, an editorial entitled “Coffee consumption and risk of chronic diseases: changing our views” reviewed the growing evidence that for most people, the benefits of drinking coffee…
